Shoe-holding device.



.l. A. BROWNING. SHOE HOLDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.3I,1914.

Patented May 2, 1916.

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JUSTUS A. BROWNING, F OGDEN, UTAH.

SHOE-HOLDING- DEVICE.

Application filed January 31, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jusrns A. BROWNING,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Ogden, in the county of Veber and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Holding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shoe-holding device, and the principal object of the invention is to provide an improved shoe holder which is intended to be used in connection with a shoe-shinin g stand so that a shoe may be held securely in place while being shined and prevented from slipping off of the support. This device may be used for shining shoes which are in use or which are left at the shoe shining establishment.

One of the objects of the invention is to so construct the device that it may be vertically adjusted so that it will be convenient for the person shining the shoe to reach the same.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the clamping portion of the sup port that shoes of various sizes may be securely engaged and held in the desired position while being shined.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved shoe holder, the shoe being shown in place and indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the shoe holder; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame which carries the clamping elements.

The standard is slidably mounted in a sleeve 11 and is adjustably held at a desired height by means of a set screw 12 which passes through an opening formed in the sleeve 11 and engages one of the recesses or pockets 13 formed in the standard 10. This sleeve 11 has its lower end portion threaded and screwed into a collar 14 which is secured to the platform 15 by means of screws or bolts 16 whichpass through the base flange 17 of the collar 14.

The guide frame 18 which carries the clamp element is carried by a yoke 19 which is provided intermediate its length with an opening 20 so that the yoke may be rigidly mounted upon the upper end of the standard 10. Arms 21 and 22 extend upwardly from the body portion of the frame and are provided with openings 23 and 24, the opening 23 receiving one endof the guiding rod 25 which is supported at its inner end by means Specification of Letters Patent.

the frame.

Patented May 2, 1916.

Serial No. 815,717.

of a bracket 26, the lower end of which is rigidly secured in an opening 27 formed in the body portion of the frame.

The heel clamp comprises a stationary member 28 which is rigidly secured to the fingers 29 carried by the arm 22 and a sliding clamping member 30 which extends'between the fingers 29 and beneath the stationary heel supporting member 28. This stationary member 28 is formed from a plate which has its inner end portion provided with an upwardly-extending flange 31., the heel resting upon the plate and the flange engaging the inner face of the heel as shown at Fig. 1. The movable clamping member 30 has its outer end portion split to provide diverging arms 32 which have their outer end portions 33 bent upwardly to engage the rear portion of the heel and tightly grip the same when the sliding member is moved inwardly. The inner end portion of the movable clamping element is bent to form a downwardly-extending arm 34 which has its lower end portion slidably mounted in a slot 35 formed in the body portion of the frame 18. In order to move the movable clamping element I have provided a threaded stem 36 which is threaded through the opening 24 and is provided at its inner end with an enlarged head 37 and adjacent its outer end with a collar 38 which is positioned to engage the outer face of an abutment finger 39. A crank handle 40 is provided at the outer end of the threaded stem 36 to permit the stem to be rotated when it is desired to move the sliding clamping member into or out of engagement with the heel of a shoe.

The toe supporting plate 41 is carried by a supporting leg 42 which rests upon the frame 18 and is provided with a heel 43 which extends through the slot 44 and slidably connects the leg 42 with the frame 18. This leg 42 is provided with an opening through which the rod 25 passes so that the leg will be held in an upright position and prevented from moving transversely upon A threaded stem 45 is passed through the unthreaded opening 46 formed in the upper end portion of the arm 21 and after passing through the opening formed in the leg 42 passes through an opening formed in the depending finger 49 of clamps 48. These sliding clamps 48 are vpivotally connected with the finger 49 so that when the stem 45 is turned by means of the crank handle 50. the sliding clamps 48 will be moved into or out of engagement with the sole of the shoe by abutments i7 engaging finger 49.

In the operation of this shoe support the shoe is placed upon the support in the position shown in Fig. l and after the standard 10 has been vertically adjusted, the toe supporting plate is moved along frame 18 and rod 25 to the desired position according to the size of the shoe. Tlieweight of the foot will keep the leg 42 in the adjusted position and the stems 36 and 45 can therefore be turned by means of the crank handle 40 and 50 and move the sliding clamping member 30 inwardly and bring the fingers 33 into engagement with the rear portion of the heel and to draw the clamps 4&8 inwardly to e11- gage the sides of the shoe sole. The shoe will now be securely held in place and can be shined without any slipping of the shoe. It very often happens with shoe-shining machines that are provided with the ordi nary foot rests that when the shoe is being shined, the shoe moves transversely of the support and slips off of the same, but this is prevented in this structure by the clamps. It should also be noted that with this device a pair of shoes which are not being worn can be clamped to the support and after be ing filled by asuitable filling such as an old towel can be shined as well as a shoe which is in use. After the shoe has been shined, the clamps are released and the shoe can then be removed from the support.

What is claimed is:

1. A shoe support comprising a standard, a frame carried by said standard, a heelsupporting plate carried by said frame and provided With a flange, a heel clamping member slidably connected with said frame and provided at its outer end with upwardly extending fingers for engaging a heel, means for moving said clamping member into and out of engagement with a heei, a guide rod carried by said frame, a supporting member slidably connected with said frame and guided in its sliding movement by said rod, a plate carried by said member, clamps slidably connected with said plate, and means carried by said frame and engaging said last-mentioned clamps for moving the same into and out of operative position.

2. In a support of the character described a frame, means for supporting said frame, said frame comprising a body portion provided with longitudinally-extending slots, arms extending from the end portions of said body portion, a bracket carried by said body portion between the slots formed therein, a guide rod having one end supported by said bracket and having its opposite end supported by one of said arms, a supporting leg resting upon the body portion of said frame and provided with aheel extending through the slot formed therein beneath the said guide rod, said guide rod passing through an opening formed in said supporting leg, a plate carried by said supporting leg, a threaded stem passing through an opening formed in the arm supporting the outer end portion of said guide rod and passing through an opening formed in said supporting leg, clamps movably connected with said plate, and means connecting said clamps with said threaded rod whereby when said threaded rod is rotated said clamps will be moved into and out of opera tive position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JUSTUS A. BROXVNING, lVitnesses:

FRED C. Snooxs, C. D. SIMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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